PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



497 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Entire. 



Trichodesma indicum, 



Chhota kupha, kallri- 



buti, ratmandu, 



nila krai. 

 BoRAGINACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 153. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 

 Nurpur, Kangra, 



Rawalpindi, Hazara, 



and Choa Saidan 



Shah (Douie). 

 Baluchistan (C. B. 



Clarke). 



Trichodesma africanum, 



BoRAGINACE^E. 



F. B. I. iv. 154. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Petals United. 



small, annual, rough with hairs on tubercles and 

 elsewhere ; leaves 1-4 in., sessile lanceolate, stem 

 clasping, lower opposite, upper often alternate, 

 short pointed ; flowers f-1 in. across, pale blue 

 turning to pink, then white, solitary on drooping 

 axillary stalks, becoming terminal racemes by the 

 lessening number of floral leaves, calyx J in., conical, 

 divided into 5 lobes, which are prolonged below in- 

 to 5 recurved tails, lobes lanceolate, finely long- 

 pointed,covered with grey or white silky hairs,corolla 

 tube | in., lobes £ in., ovate, abruptly tapering into 

 a fine point, a yellow glandular spot at the base of 

 each, stamens 5, short, woolly, anthers lanceolate, 

 joining to form a woolly cone, tips bare, twisted, 

 style terminal, not divided, stigma small ; fruit ob- 

 long with rounded ends, 4-ridged, separating into 4 

 rough nutlets | in. 



small, annual, very like the last, but rougher with 

 stiff hairs, leaves ovate-oblong, long stalked, race- 

 mes generally lateral and dividing into two, flowers 

 slightly smaller, nutlets with prominent margins 

 fringed with barbed hairs. 



Buchnera hispida, 



Stamens Four. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Veronica Anagallis, 

 Speedwell, 



ScROPHULARIACEyE. 



F. B. I. iv. 293. 

 The Plains to 9,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla, 

 Mashobra (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Stamens Two. 



medium size, perennial, nearly smooth, stem hol- 

 low ; leaves 2-6 by |-| in., oblong ovate, stem clasp- 

 ing ; flowers blue or purplish, \-\ in. diam. in 

 axillary racemes 3-6 ins. long, bracts shorter than 

 the flower stalks, calyx 4-fid, segment ^-\ in. 

 long, corolla £-5 in. diam., 4-lobecl, stamens 2, pink, 

 style linear ; capsule £-§• in. notched, flattened, 

 seeds few, biconvex. 



